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Raleigh	6069
Nominal Guns	16	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	16.1.1806	BWAS-1793
Keel Laid Down	3.1806	BWAS-1793
Launched	24.12.1806	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Howden Pans - Newcastle upon Tyne - River Tyne	BWAS-1793
Ship Class	Cruizer Class	BWAS-1793
Designed by	William Rule (d.1816)	BWAS-1793
Constructor	Francis Hurry (d.1808)	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Sloop	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Brig	BWAS-1793
Sold	27.5.1841	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck100' 0"Imperial Feet30.48
Length of Keel77' 2 ½"Imperial Feet23.4823
Breadth30' 6 ½"Imperial Feet9.1567
Depth in Hold12' 9"Imperial Feet3.7719
Draught Forward6' 4"Imperial Feet1.9304
Draught Aft11' 3"Imperial Feet3.429
Burthen383 ⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

24.12.1806Broadside Weight = 262 Imperial Pound ( 118.817 kg)BWAS-1793
Gun Deck16 British 32-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1797121Design Complement

13 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
2.1807 - 19.9.1808Commander Joseph Ore Masefield (d.1808)†BWAS-179312.1808 - 2.1809Commander Henry Samuel ButtBWAS-17932.1809 - 11.1810Commander George SayerBWAS-179327.11.1810 - 1.1811Commander John SheridanBWAS-17931.1811 - 1813Commander George Wastell Hooper (d.1839)BWAS-17938.1818 - 6.1820Commander William Augustus BaumgardtBWAS-17936.1820 - 1.1822Commander George BlackmanBWAS-17934.1826 - 1.1828Commander John Windham DallingBWAS-17932.1.1828 - 8.7.1828Commander John Burnett DundasBWAS-17938.7.1828 - 9.1828Lieutenant George James HayBWAS-17939.1828 - 3.1829Commander George James HayBWAS-17934.3.1829 - 1838Commander William Dickson (1798-1898)BWAS-179329.7.1834 - 27.10.1838Commander Michael Quin (1791-1870)W033

4 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
13.7.1819 - 3.1817Lieutenant Robert Ross Achmuty (d.1844)NBD184913.7.1819 - 1821Lieutenant Robert Ross Achmuty (d.1844)NBD18493.10.1820 - 19.6.1822Lieutenant Thomas Baring BondNBD18499.1.1827 - 27.10.1831Lieutenant William Francis Young (1804-?)NBD1849

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
13.1.1810 - 1.1812Midshipman Christopher Beer (d.1872)NBD18491.1829 - 1832Midshipman Robert Laurie Atkinson (1811-?)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
15.1.1807Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
20.7.1807Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £4059.0.0dBWAS-1793
20.1.1809Took the Privateer Le Général Junot (1) BG
1810In the BalticBWAS-1793
24.2.1810Took the Privateer La Modeste (14)
2.11.1810Took the Schooner Admiral Nils Juel (10) in the Baltic
12.1812Began repairs at Northfleet - Kent BWAS-1793
2.1813Completed repairs at Northfleet - Kent at a cost of £1415.0.0dBWAS-1793
18.3.1813Sailed for North AmericaBWAS-1793
1814In Ordinary at PlymouthBWAS-1793
12.1815Began large repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1793
2.1817Refitted as a 18 gun Unrated Unknown
7.1817Completed large repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £13708.0.0dBWAS-1793
8.1818RecommissionedBWAS-1793
1.1822Paid offBWAS-1793
3.1826Began small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1793
4.1826RecommissionedBWAS-1793
7.1826Refitted as a 18 gun Unrated Unknown
7.1826Completed small repair at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £8430.0.0dBWAS-1793
3.1830Began small repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1793
7.1830Recommissioned for the MediterraneanBWAS-1793
10.1830Completed small repair at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £9803.0.0dBWAS-1793
7.1834Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1793
8.1839Fitted as a target ship at SheernessBWAS-1793
27.5.1841Sold at Sheerness to John Small Sedger for £810BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

BGOfficial, Web Site

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